Collection of Data MCQ Questions with Answers
Question 1 : Stratified sample is preferred where:
(a) Population is perfectly homogeneous
(b) Population is non-homogeneous
(c) Random sampling is not possible
(d) Small samples are required
Answer : B
Question 2 : Data collected for the first time from the source of origin is called:
(a) primary data
(b) secondary data
(c) internal data
(d) none of these
Answer : A
Question 3 : Census method is suitable for that investigation in which:
(a) the size of population is large
(b) high degree of accuracy is not required
(c) there are widely diverse items
(d) intensive examination of diverse items is not required
Answer : C
Question 4 : Which of the following factor(s) are considered when comparison between sampling and census method is made?
(a) Area of survey
(b) Accuracy of data
(c) Cost of collection
(d) All of these
Answer : D
Question 5 : Reliability of sampling data depends on:
(a) size of sample
(b) method of sampling
(c) training of enumerators
(d) all of these
Answer : D
Question 6 : Under random sampling, each item of the universe has __ chance of being selected.
(a) equal
(b) unequal
(c) zero
(d) none of these
Answer : A
Question 7 : Which of the following methods is used for the estimation of population in a country?
(a) Census method
(b) Sampling method
(c) Both fa) and (b)
(d) None of these
Answer : A
Question 8 : Personal bias is possible under:
(a) random sampling
(b) purposive sampling
(c) stratified sampling
(d) quota sampling
Answer : B
Question 9 : If the investigator wants to select a sample on the basis of diverse characteristics of the population, which method should he use?
(a) Convenience sampling method
(b) Quota sampling method
(c) Stratified sampling method
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer : D
Question 10 : For drawing lottery _________________ sampling is used.
(a) random
(b) purposive
(c) stratified
(d) quota
Answer : A
Question 11 : Which of the following methods is used for the estimation of population in country`
(a) Sampling Method
(b) Census Method
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
Answer : B
Question 12 : What kind of data are contained in the census of population and national income estimates, for the government?
(a) Primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Internal data
(d) None of these
Answer : B
Question 13 : The data collected on the height of a group of students after recording their heights with a measuring tape are:
(a) Primary data
(b) Continuous data
(c) Discrete data
(d) Secondary data
Answer : A
Question 14 : Which of the following is a method of secondary data collection?
(a) Direct personal investigation
(b) Direct oral investigation
(c) Collection of information through questionnaire
(d) None of these
Answer : D
Question 15 : In random sampling:
(a) Each element has equal chance of being selected
(b) Sample is always full of bias
(c) Cost involved is very less
(d) Cost involved is high
Answer : A
Question 16 : Which of the following methods is used when an investigator collects the required information with the informant?
(a) Direct Personal Investigation
(b) Indirect Oral Investigation
(c) Mailing Method
(d) Enumerator’s Method
Answer : A
Question 17 : In order to know the likings and dislikings of the listeners of the programmes broadcast by the Himachal Akashvani, the latter is keen to collect data. Which method of collecting data will be suitable for it?
(a) Direct Personal Investigation
(b) Indirect Oral Investigation
(c) Mailing Method
(d) Enumerator’s Method
Answer : D
Question 18 : Which of the following is a source of secondary data?
(a) Government publication
(b) Private publication
(c) Report published by the State Bank of India
(d) All of these
Answer : A
Question 19 : Which data is collected by the investigator himself`
(a) Primary
(b) Secondary
(c) Both (a) and (b) above
(d) Neither of the above
Answer : A
Question 20 : A good questionnaire should have:
(a) Minimum questions
(b) Concise
(c) Clear
(d) All the above
Answer : D
Question 21 : Data collected from The Times of India’ is an example of:
(a) Primary Data
(b) Secondary Data
(C) None of these
(d) Census
Answer : B
Question 22 : Data collected on religion from the census reports are:
(a) Sample data
(b) Secondary data
(C) Primary data
(d) Either (a) or (b)
Answer : B
Question 23 : Which of the following is a merit of a good questionnaire?
(a) Difficulty
(b) Less number of questions
(c) Not in proper order
(d) Invalid questions
Answer : B
Question 24 : When population under investigation is infinite, we should use:
(a) Sample method
(b) Census method
(C) Either census or sample method
(d) Neither census nor sample method
Answer : A
Question 25 : Data from secondary source are:
(a) Collected for other purposes than the current study
(b) Obtained from the newspaper
(c) More reliable than data from a primary source
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer : D
Question 26 : Sample study is useful:
(a) When population is not completely known
(b) As it is easy to handle samples
(C) As results are more reliable
(d) It is cheap
Answer : A
Question 27 : Which method of collection of data covers the widest area`
(a) Direct Personal Investigation
(b)Mailed Questionnaire Method,
(c) Telephone interview method
(d) All of these
Answer : B
Question 28 : Data collected on religion from the census reports are:
(a) Secondary Data
(b) Primary Data
(c) Sample Data
(d) Either (a) or (b)
Answer : A
Question 29 : It is best to use a census while conducting a survey if:
(a) The population is large
(b) The population is small
(c) Time is limited to conduct the survey
(d) Cheaper method is needed
Answer : B
Question 30 : Direct personal investigation method suffers from:
(a) Personal Bias
(b) Excessive expenses
(c) Time Consuming
(d) All the above
Answer : D
Question 31 : The quickest method to collect primary data is:
(a) Direct Personal Investigation
(b) Indirect Oral Investigation
(c) Telephone Interview
(d) Mailed Questionnaire Method
Answer : C
Question 32 : Primary data is preferred over secondary data where:
(a) Time available is short
(b) Accuracy is important
(c) Sufficient finance is not available
(d) Much accuracy is not required
Answer : B
Question 33 : Schedules are filled by the:
(a) investigator
(b) enumerator
(c) informant
(d) none of these
Answer : B
Question 34 : After every ten years, information regarding population of India is collected through:
(a) Census
(b) Sample
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither of the above
Answer : A
Question 35 : Which method of collection of data covers the widest area`
(a) Telephone interview method
(b) Mailed questionnaire method
(c) Direct interview method
(d) All of these
Answer : B
Question 36 . The data collected for the first time from the source of origin is called
(a) primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Internal data
(d) none of these
Answer: (a) Primary data
Question 37 . What type of data will be called for by the government related to the calculation of population and national income?
(a) primary data
(b) Secondary data
(c) Internal data
(d) none of these
Answer: (b) Secondary data
Question 38. Which of the following is a method of collecting secondary data?
(a) direct personal research
(b) Direct Oral Research
(c) Information collection through questionnaire
(d) none of these
Answer: (d) None of these
Question 39. Which of the following is a quality of a good questionnaire?
(a) Difficulty
(b) less number of questions
(c) Improper order
(d) Inappropriate questions
Answer: (b) Less number of questions
Question 40. When an investigator collects necessary information from the informers, which of the following methods does he use?
(a) Direct Personal Research Method
(b) Indirect oral research method
(c) Postal Law
(d) calculator method
Answer: (a) Direct Personal Research Method
Question 41. If Himachal All India Radio wants to compile data to know the interest and disinterest of the listeners about its program, then which method will be suitable?
(a) Direct Personal Research Method
(b) Indirect oral research method
(c) Postal Law
(d) calculator method
Answer: (d) Calculator method
Question 42. The questionnaire is filled out:
(a) by the investigator
(b) by the enumerator
(c) by the informant
(d) none of these
Answer: (b) by the calculator
Question 43. Which of the following is a source of secondary data?
(a) Government Publications
(b) Private Publications
(c) Report published by State Bank of India
(d) All of the above
Answer: (a) Government Publications
Question44. Which of the following is the fastest method of data collection?
(a) Online
(b) Personal Research
(c) by phone
(d) by post
Answer: (c) By phone
Question 45. Which of the following is the most cost-effective method in terms of time, money, and effort?
(i) Indirect oral research
(ii) Direct Personal Research
(iii) Information through questionnaire
(iv) Information from local sources
Answer: (ii) Direct Personal Research
Question 46. Which method has the highest response rate among these methods?
(i) Online
(ii) Personal Research
(iii) by phone
(iv) by post
Answer: (ii) Personal Research
Question 47. Which of the following is not a method for data collection-
(i) Questionnaire
(ii) Interview
(iii) Exchange
(iv) Overview
Answer: (iii) Exchange
Question 48. Which of the following can be included in the secondary data?
(i) Government documents
(ii) Personal Documents
(iii) Research Data
(iv) All of the above
Answer: (iv) All of the above
Question 49. Which of the following is not the main method of collecting data?
(i) Questionnaire
(ii) Interview
(iii) by secondary data
(iv) All the above are methods of collecting data
Answer: (iv) All the above are methods of collecting data
Question 50. Primary data can be collected from-
(i) from their original source
(ii) from the agency
(iii) from the website
(iv) NSSO
Answer: (i) From their original source
Question 51. The data collected from National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) is called-
(i) Primary data
(ii) Secondary data
(iii) both primary and secondary data
(iv) none of the above
Answer: (ii) Secondary data
Question 52. Which is not a method of collecting primary data?
(i) Direct personal research
(ii) Data collected from the Census of India
(iii) Information collected by questionnaires
(iv) Indirect oral research
Answer: (ii) Data collected from Census of India
Question 53. An individual research method is not suitable if
(i) The area of research should be very large.
(ii) The area of research is limited.
(iii) High originality of data is required.
(iv) Data should be kept secret.
Answer: (i) The area of research should be very large.
Question 54. Which of the following is not a source of secondary data?
(i) Published Sources
(ii) unpublished sources
(iii) National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
(iv) All of the above
Answer: (iv) All of the above
Question 55. We want to collect information economically from educated informants located in a large area, for this the most suitable method is-
(i) Enumerator Method
(ii) Direct Research Method
(iii) Postal Law
(iv) Indirect oral research
Answer: (iii) Postal Law
Question 56. A good questionnaire should not contain?
(i) Undesirable question
(ii) Committee number of questions
(iii) proper sequence of questions
(iv) Simple and short questions
Answer: (i) Undesirable question
Question 57. The user of secondary data should not check-
(i) Excess of data
(ii) Reliability of data
(iii) Expert opinion on data
(iv) Sufficiency of data
Answer: (i) Excess of data
Question 58. A study was carried out to know the crop structure in a village of 200 farms. Of the 50 farms surveyed, 50% grew only wheat. Identify the population and the sample.
(i) population 50 and sample 200
(ii) population 200 and sample 50
(iii) population 250 and sample 50
(iv) population 250 and sample 150
Answer: (ii)
Question 59. The sampling method is suitable when-
(i) the population is educated
(ii) A high degree of originality of the data is required.
(iii) The area of research is very small.
(iv) The area of research should be very large.
Answer: (iv) The area of research should be very large.
Question 60. Which of the following methods is used by the Census Department of India?
(i) sampling method
(ii) Collection of secondary data
(iii) Indirect Oral Research Method
(iv) none of the above
Answer: (iii) Indirect Oral Research Method
Question 61. Which of the following is not a method of sampling?
(i) Questionnaire sample
(ii) random sample
(iii) Systematic Samples
(iv) Quota sample
Answer: (i) Questionnaire sample
Question 62. The main drawback of the postal questionnaire method is that the respondents-
(i) does not answer the questions
(ii) does not read the answers to the questions carefully
(iii) do not send back the questionnaire
(iv) All of the above
Answer: (iv) All of the above
Question 63. What type of questions should not be included in the questionnaire.
(i) Simple
(ii) Multiple Choice
(ii) Individual
(iv) specific
Answer: (ii) Individual
Question 64. Census data of India is related to
(i) Industry
(ii) National Income
(iii) Agriculture
(iv) Demographics
Answer: (iv) Demographics
B. fill in the blanks
1. The original data collected in the process of the research method is called……. (Primary Figures/Secondary Figures)
Answer: Primary Data
2. ……. are more expensive than ……. in terms of time, money, and effort. (Second Figures/Primary Figures/Test
Answer: Primary Data/Secondary Data
3. ……. A person who helps the researcher to collect the data. (Enumerator/Questionnaire)
Answer: Enumerator
4. ……..is the set of items selected from the population which represents all the characteristics of the population. (Researcher/Sampler)
Answer: Sample
5. In the postal method, the questionnaire is filled by …….. (Researcher/Informant)
Answer: informant
C. True or False
1. If we use data collected by other people, then it is called secondary data. (true/false)
Answer: True
2. Indirect oral research is used where the area of research is very limited. (true/false)
Answer: False
3. Compilation of primary data takes relatively more time and more money. (true/false)
Answer: True
4. An investigator is a person who independently plans and conducts statistical investigations. (true/false)
Answer: True
5. Approach errors arise due to miscalculation. (True/False)
Answer: False
6. The collection of primary data is more economical than secondary data. (true/false)
Answer: False
7. The Census method is suitable if the area of research is very large. (true/false)
Answer: False
8. Nonsampling errors are related to the collection of data. (true/false)
Answer: True